The newly-appointed Director General of the Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign council, Akin Osuntokun has stated reasons why he abandoned his Senatorial ambition for his new post.
Recall that Osuntokun was announced the DG of the LP campaign council on Tuesday, as took over from Doyin Okupe who resigned from the position after he was convicted for breaching the Money Laundering Act.
However, Osuntokun noted that he is still listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the senatorial candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, for Ekiti Central District, but now believes that his position as the campaign DG of LP is a ”higher order of priority.
The Ekiti-born politician made this known while granting interview on Channels Television during a programme Politics Today.
Asked if he had dropped his ambition, he answered, “I have abandoned it.”
“The campaign office has issued a press statement in that respect. What law have i breached in accepting the appointment?, What law has the presidential candidate who appointed me breached?” he asked.
“So, it is a redundant question at any rate. It is of no consequence at all, whether legally or constitutionally. There is no moral burden at all.
“It is a higher order of priority. As a citizen of this nation with a realistic appreciation of what we need to move Nigeria forward, you cannot compare an aspiration to be in the senate to the position I just occupied.
“I have no moral burden. I am moving to a higher sacrificial position. I don’t need to publicly declare it. I have the perfect freedom to decide what to do at any minute, as long I did not breach any legal position.
”The step I am taking is of the greater moral consequence for the country.”